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Aj @gelehasan

Snort: IDS/IPS With Packet Sniffing & Network Monitoring

Snort uses predefined rules for IDS/IPS. It has 3 main modes: Packet Sniffing, Packet Logging & Network Intrusion Detection. Modes include NIDS, HIDS, NIPS, BIPS, WIPS & HBIPS. Techniques used are Signature Based, Behavior Based & Policy Based.

Snort

Snort is set of predefined rules which is used mostly for IDS or IPS. It has 3 main operational modes

Packet Sniffing- Shows network traffic like Wireshark
Packet logging —> collects and logs network traffic into a file
Network intrusion detection —> Analyzes packets and matches traffic against signature

  
  
  Intrusion detection system

Network intrusion detection system —> monitors traffic from different areas of the network and if a signature is identified an alert is made
Host based intrusion detection system —> Monitor traffic from a single endpoint device, basically investigat...